Liuyedao
Sign in to save250px|thumb|A Dao (Chinese sword)|Chinese sword shaped like a liuyedao (note: controversial. This knife is wider at the top and narrower at the bottom. It should be a [[niuweidao that is often mistaken for a liuyedao)]] thumb|250px|A liuyedao from the 17th to 18th century (Note: Controversial. The shape of this blade is relatively straight, and the tip is curved, more like a yanmaodao.)
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250px|thumb|A Dao (Chinese sword)|Chinese sword shaped like a liuyedao (note: controversial. This knife is wider at the top and narrower at the bottom. It should be a [[niuweidao that is often mistaken for a liuyedao)]] thumb|250px|A liuyedao from the 17th to 18th century (Note: Controversial. The shape of this blade is relatively straight, and the tip is curved, more like a yanmaodao.)
The liuyedao or "willow-leaf saber" is a type of dao that was commonly used as a military sidearm for both cavalry and infantry during the Ming and Qing dynasties. A descendant of the earlier Mongol sabre the liuyedao remained the most popular type of single handed sabre during the Ming dynasty, replacing the role of the jian as an issued weapon in the military. Many schools of Chinese martial arts originally trained with this weapon.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Liuyedao” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.